• (n.) The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase. • (n.) The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase. • (n.) A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other purposes.
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Well'hole` noun 1. (Architecture) (a) The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.
(b) The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.
2. A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adap...
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In architecture a wellhole is an open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase. The name is also given to the open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.
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